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Altlandsberg sword

Echinodorus 'Altlandsberg'

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Also known as Echinodorus x 'Altlandsberg', Echinodorus sp. 'Altlandsberg', Atlandsberg Sword

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Care at a glance

Light
Medium light
CO2
CO₂ beneficial
Temperature
68–82°F
20–28°C
Max height
19.7 in
50 cm
Growth rate
Medium
Placement
Midground
Type
Rosette
pH
5.5–7.5
Spread
11.8 in (30 cm)
Nutrient uptake
Root + water column
Growth region
Submersed or emersed
Difficulty
Easy
Family
Alismataceae
Origin
Cultivated hybrid (no wild range); bred at the Zoologica nursery in Altlandsberg, near Berlin, Germany

Overview

Altlandsberg needs a large tank. B-Aqua suggests 300 liters or more and at least 10 cm of nutrient-rich substrate for the roots. The breeder advised planting it in the midground, so lower plants in front hide the leaf stalks, which pass 20 cm. Medium light is enough, and CO2 helps. Push root tabs around the crown a few times a year. Underwater flower stalks carry plantlets, and B-Aqua reports up to five a week with CO2. Cut them free once they root, and trim old outer leaves at the base.

In the wild

Altlandsberg is a nursery hybrid with no wild range. The Zoologica nursery in Altlandsberg, a town near Berlin, bred it from 'Kleiner Bär' and 'Ozelot' by way of an inbred seedling. Both parents are German sword cultivars whose ancestry goes back to South American Echinodorus of marshes and slow rivers, plants that grow emersed in the dry season and submersed in floods.

Good to know

Altlandsberg is a sword cultivar in the family Alismataceae. Underwater it grows steeply upright to about 45 to 50 cm, with elliptical blades up to 22 by 5 cm and reddish young leaves. The emersed nursery form is shorter, at up to 40 cm, with broader blades up to 16 by 10 cm, red-brown heart leaves and older leaves in olive green with dark red veins. Aquatic Arts describes red and pink spotting dusted over green blades.

Did you know

Altlandsberg takes its name from the town near Berlin where the Zoologica nursery is based. The same nursery bred 'Reni', the compact red sword it released in 2003.

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